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Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works is a scheduled ancient monument located in North Yorkshire comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval manor with associated agricultural and industrial structures. The site preserves evidence of medieval settlement and land management through its surviving dovecotes and field systems, whilst later gunpowder works of the 17th century represent the diversification of rural industrial activity during this period. The combination of medieval manorial features with post-medieval industrial remains provides archaeological evidence of continuity and economic change across several centuries of occupation and use.
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017564. View the official record →
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works is a scheduled ancient monument located in North Yorkshire comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval manor with associated agricultural and industrial structures.
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017564.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm (1.6 km), Yedingham Priory (3.7 km), Roxby Hill manorial complex and associated ridge and furrow earthworks (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.